PS-01b - Inject or Not? Cases and Anatomy Review

Friday, November 22, 2024

8:00 AM - 9:45 AM PT

Location: Julius 15 - 19

CE: 1.75

Lead(s)

Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Fellowship Program Director
Ochsner Health System

Disclosure(s):

Yashar Eshraghi, MD: AVANOS, SPR, SGX/Medtronic: Funded Research (Institution) (Terminated); Saluda: Consulting/Advisory Board (Terminated); SPR Therapeutics: Consulting/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

Understand the anatomical landmarks relevant to common chronic pain procedures
Evaluate proper needle positioning techniques for enhanced procedural accuracy and patient safety
Assess theappropriate contrast spread patterns in confirming correct needle placement.
Review case studies to discuss clinical decision-making for injection procedures
Discuss common complications and strategies to avoid them during chronic pain interventions

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM PT

WASTE AUDIT IN THE PAIN PROCEDURE SUITES TO EVALUATE CURRENT PRACTICES AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY - Hu
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM PT

GLOBAL, PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER PATIENT REGISTRY UTILIZING SCS FOR CHRONIC PAIN: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FROM A DPN SUB-COHORT - Berg
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections: Interlaminar and Transforaminal Approaches
Speaker: Tina Doshi, MD – Johns Hopkins University
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PT

Sympathetic Blocks
Speaker: Yashar Eshraghi, MD – Ochsner Health System
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PT

Facial: SPG, Trigeminal (Blocks and RFA)
Speaker: Meredith Barad, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford School of Medicine
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT

Challenging Cancer Pain Cases
Speaker: Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo - Roswell Park Cancer Institute
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PT

B&C Pearls: Epidural Steroid Injections: Medicare Coverage Policies
Speaker: Yashar Eshraghi, MD – Ochsner Health System
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

Panel Discussion and Open Forum